New London
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New London
These images were taken in my hometown, New London, CT. The architectural landscape dominated my photographs from the late 1970's through the mid 1980's. Its diverse complexity in the cities and towns of the region was rich visual territory for my work. I often found myself turning to New London as subject. It holds strong personal associations, naturally. But it is also a vibrant place, full of promise, frustrated dreams of urban rebirth and the architectural accretions of centuries of attempts to make it a city that works. Photographs from this period are formalist in nature, the swing of a wire in the sky, the shape of a shadow, or the rhythms of architectural forms and space are what might attract me to a particular site. Putting the picture together with the framing edge of the camera so that those visual tensions were revealed was the challenge.
I hoped for more too. Having witnessed the city loose much of its architectural history during the Redevelopment and the highway expansion period of the 1960's and 70's, my sense of loss found visual form in the atmosphere of many of these works.
All photographs © Ted Hendrickson
I hoped for more too. Having witnessed the city loose much of its architectural history during the Redevelopment and the highway expansion period of the 1960's and 70's, my sense of loss found visual form in the atmosphere of many of these works.
All photographs © Ted Hendrickson
Walbach St, New London, CT, 1980
Toned Gelatin-Silver Print
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